Ridgeway School in Plympton has seen a significant increase in its GCSE results as shown by the official ‘Department for Education Secondary School League Tables’ published on Thursday 21 January.
54 per cent of Ridgeway School pupils achieved five A*-C including English and maths – an increase of 10 per cent on last year’s figures.
A group of students from Ridgeway School in Plympton are taking part in this year’s BBC News School Report.
It gives 11- 16 year old students across the UK the chance to make their own news reports for a real audience. Using lesson plans and materials available from a dedicated website, and with support from BBC staff and partners, teachers can help students develop their journalistic...
After a tightly fought contest in Year 10 with campaigns including promotional videos, posters, badges and even giving out free cake, Natasha Barber and Connor Burn have been elected as Head Girl and Head Boy at Ridgeway School.
Both students, who are actively involved in school life, beat off some stiff competition for the prestigious roles.
Year 13 A level students who left Ridgeway School last year came back recently for an evening of celebration.
Around 60 guests were welcomed to the A level presentation evening by Principal Lisa Boorman and last year’s Head of Post 16, Jason Ryder. Jason spoke personally about each student as they collected their A level certificates.
A national scheme, taken up by a school in Plympton to develop student’s employability skills, has its first apprentice. Every student at Ridgeway School has been registered for PiXL Edge and 13 year old Phoebe Lansley in Year 9 is the first to gain the apprentice award. PiXL Edge is a framework for schools to develop in students those personal attributes essential for employability and life....
The Ridgeway School GCSE Certificate and Awards evening was held recently to celebrate the personal, academic, sporting and community achievements of last year’s Ridgeway GCSE students.
The students were presented with their GCSE Certificates and awards. This year it included the new award of Sports Personality of the Year, which was won by Liam Weir.
What makes a great sports leader? This was one of the questions put to primary school pupils who attended a sports leadership conference at a Plympton school recently.
Ridgeway School held the event in their brand new state-of-the-art sports hall. Primary school pupils from across Plympton were invited along to learn new sporting skills and find out what makes a great sports leader....
A Plympton school is hoping to get a state-of-the-art sports pitch, and is applying for funding to the tune of £250,000.
If the Ridgeway School bid is successful, the money will be spent on a third-generation Football Turf Pitch (3G FTP) including fencing, floodlights and the upgrade of existing grass pitches.
Lisa Boorman, principal designate at the Moorland Road school said...
Two maths students from the Ridgeway School in Plympton have won their way into the next round of a national maths competition.
Jamie Trace and Rhiannon Hughes, who are both 17 years old, achieved gold awards in the UK Maths Trust Senior Challenge putting them in the top 3,000 mathematicians in the country. The students will now go through to the next round.
